Example sentences of "are on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who are on six and a half thousand a year . |
| 2 | The law recognises that if business contracts are fairly made by parties who are on equal terms such parties should know their business best . |
| 3 | Pow , in spite of taking a knock on the knee , will be at stand-off for today 's home encounter against Watsonians , who are on eight points but still embroiled in the relegation issue . |
| 4 | All of our artists are on long-term contracts . |
| 5 | See ? there the Limekilns are on Well Bottom to the top of the Down . |
| 6 | The Halifax increase takes effect from 1 November , but four-fifths of the society 's 1.6 million borrowers are on semi-fixed mortgages and will not face any changes to their monthly payments until 1 April next year . |
| 7 | Both are on final written warnings . |
| 8 | Those colleges which have merged with polytechnics and other further education colleges are ipso facto part of a diversified institution , though in the case of Derby Lonsdale and Nene Colleges a proportion of their students are on non-advanced courses . |
| 9 | Such a system punishes the elderly and the unemployed who are on fixed incomes , and the disabled who , we all know , live well below the poverty level . |
| 10 | Others , such as pensioners , are on fixed or low incomes . |
| 11 | People who are on intimate terms are incapable of expressing themselves to each other , ’ said the thin , melancholy Feiffer . |
| 12 | The workforce of 8,000 before the revolution has been cut to 5,800 through early retirement and natural wastage ; even so , hundreds are on short-time , and sackings are inevitable . |
| 13 | The win was particularly timely for Ford assembly line workers John Hobson , 52 , and Kenny Berwick , 49 , as they are on short-time . |
| 14 | In practice , this means that many favoured sites are on prominent positions in the landscape , such as clifftops or mountain ridges , often within areas of scenic appeal . |
| 15 | According to Gallup , the Tories are on 38½ per cent , Labour 38 and the Liberal Democrats 20 . |
| 16 | But it 's worth looking for books and magazine articles that are on relevant topics — and these will certainly help in getting to understand the terminology . |
| 17 | The classes are on certain days of the week only , but enrolment is not expensive given that a term is structured over the usual academic year . |
| 18 | They are on neither side . |
| 19 | All five bedrooms are on ground-floor level with private bathrooms and colour TV and they all overlook the garden . |
| 20 | The guidelines sent to the the county council reveal that up to 400 ministry of defence officials are on standby to take over . |
| 21 | RAF medical crews are on standby to fly out to the war zone in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 22 | The US surgeons are on standby to carry out the marathon multi-transplant operation if a suitable donor of the right age and blood type can be found . |
| 23 | According to Berkeley Systems Design International 's Peter Collinson , based at the company 's Canterbury , Kent subsidiary in the UK , BSDI ‘ are relying on the Berkeley statement ’ that there is no AT&T code within BSD Networking Release 2 , the basis of its BSD/386 product ( UX No 370 ) , and as such they feel they are on solid ground ( see front page ) . |
| 24 | We are on solid ground when we say that we will oppose this Bill . |
| 25 | ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . |
| 26 | On the other hand there are on that road , which Frodo takes , thousands of intersections , as also thousands of choices to be made or rejected . |
| 27 | That the measurable objective might be that that that people who are on that course d go out and do X. |
| 28 | ‘ The European Championships are on that weekend , but if Bryan is not involved I 'm hoping he 'll be here . ’ |
| 29 | Well how many houses are on that road ? |
| 30 | The toilets are on that way . |